2012年職稱英語閱讀理解考試復(fù)習(xí)資料(2)

11： Late-night Drinking

1. The author mentions “pick-me-up” to indicate that C)coffee is a stimulant.

2. Which of the following tell us how caffeine affects sleep?

C)Caffeine havoes the body’s levels of sleep hormone.

3. What does paragraph 3 mainly discuss? A)Different effects of caffeinated coffee and decaf on sleep.

4. What does the experiment實(shí)驗(yàn), 試驗(yàn) mentioned in paragraph 4 prove?

D)Caffeine drinkers produce less sleep hormone.

5. The author of this passage probable aggress that B)we should not drink coffee after supper.

12:Smuggling

1. The dog was different from others in that D)it had a very big abdomen.

2. How many methods are used to transport drugs? A)As many as a smuggler can think of.

3. How many pounds of heroin were estimated to be smuggled into the United States in 1994? C)25,770

4. Which of the following could best replace the expression “small fry” in the third paragraph?C)Small smugglers.

5. What is this article about? C)Varied drug transportation methods.

13：The Barbie Dolls

1. When Ruth and Elliot Handler was young, they had a strong desire D)to be highly successful.

2. Who owned Mattel? D) Harold Mattson, Ruth and Elliot Handler.

3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph that Lilli was fashioned after A)Build.

4. Where did Ruth Handler’s inspiration for the design of the Barbie doll come from? B) Lilli.

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true of the Barbie doll?A) She does not attract young men.

14： Sleep

1. The question raised in Paragraph 1 is “no mere academic one”

D)because shift work in industry requires people to change their sleeping habits.

2. According to the passage, the main problem about night work is that

B)your life is disturbed by changing from day to night routines and back.

3. According to the passage, the best solution to the problem seems to be

C)to employ people who will always work at night.

4. In the second paragraph, “the third” meansA)the third week.

5. In the last sentence of the second paragraph, “another” means A)another routine.

15：Orbital軌道 Space Plane

1. The orbital space craft has been designed for B)carrying astronauts to the International Space Station.

2. From the passage we know that the design of the orbiter indicates

A) NASA’s determination to continue its space exploration projects.

3. When did the scientists start working on a successor to the shuttle?C) Years before the explosion of Columbia.

4. Besides the main missions stipulated保證by NASA, the orbiter would also be used as

D) a space ambulance救護(hù)車.

5. According to the passage, the funds, if granted準(zhǔn)許, would

B) be equally shared by the two projects under Space Launch Initiative.

16： Driven to Distraction 分心的事物

1. Which statement is true of the description in the first two paragraphs?

C)Coyne is not really driving so it is impossible for him to have hit the woman.

2. What do researchers want to find out, according to the third and fourth paragraphs?D)All of the above.

3. What are the preliminary預(yù)備的, 初步的 results given in the fifth paragraph?

C)In challenging driving situations, drivers do not have any additional mental energy to deal with something else.

4. The sixth paragraph mainly state that the researchers

D)want to determine the best ways of giving navigational航行的, 航海的 information system.

5. What kind of directions指導(dǎo) do men and women prefer?

B)Men prefer more general directions and women prefer route directions.

17：Eiffel Is an Eyeful引人注目的人1

1. Why does the author think the Eiffel Tower is transformed into symbol of a world on the move?

B)Tourists of all nationalities come to scribble on the cold iron of the tower.

2. What seems strange to the author?A)Visitors prefer wasting time scribbling to enjoying the view.

3. Which statement is NOT true of Hugues Richard?

C)He climbed 747 steps up the tower in 19 minutes and 4 seconds.

4. What did the builder use the Eiffel Tower for? B)Conducting;實(shí)施 research in various fields.

5. Which of the following is nearest in meaning to “(The Eiffel Tower is like) a blank canvas for visitors to make of it what they will”? C)Visitors can imagine freely what the tower represents.

18：Goal of American Education

1. Which of the following best states the goal of American education?

C)To give every student the opportunity to fully develop his/her ability.

2. It is implied in the passage that D)the subjects every student takes may vary.

3. American schools place great emphasis on the learner’sC)acquisition of the ability to be creative.

4. According to the passage, American education meets the needs of all the following EXCEPT

C)the students from foreign countries.

5. Which of the following best states the feature of American education that makes it different from education in other countries?D)Its underlying goal to develop every child’s abilities to the fullest extent.

19：Taxi Riding

1. From the Ghanaian driver’s response, we can infer thatA)he was indifferent to the killing.

2. Why did the Pakistani driver refuse to take the author to the middle of the George Washington Bridge?

D)Because he suspected that the author was going to commit suicide.

3. What is the author’s interpretation of the driver’s reluctance “to wait outside the Chemical bank?”

B)The driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionally.

4. Which of the following statements is true about New York taxi drivers?

C)They are sympathetic with those who are out of work.

5. What does the passage mainly discuss?

C)The attitudes of taxi drivers towards the taxi riders having personal crises.

20：Sleep Lets Brain File編檔保存 Memories1

1. Which of the following statements is nearest in meaning to the sentence “To sleep. Perchance to file?”?

A)Does brain arrange memories in useful order during sleep?

2. What is the result of the experiment with rats老鼠 and mice carried out at Rutgers University?

C)Somatosensory neocortex and hippocampus work together in memory consolidation.

3. What is the relation of memory to glucose tolerance, as is indicated by a research mentioned in paragraph4?

D)The poorer the memory, the poorer glucose tolerance.

4. In what way is memory related to hippocampus shrinkage?

B)The more hippocampus shrinks, the poorer one’s memory.

5. According to the last paragraph, what is the ultimate reason for going to the gym?

D)To control glucose levels.